Software engineering was never about typing code
When I was on the VS Code team, engineers often drove new product features. The backpressure came from demoing our work live every day in standup. New features had to solve a real problem, fit into the product, and improve developers’ workflows.
If you failed to tell a coherent product story for your feature, the code didn’t ship. Nothing trains product judgment like being roasted by your team every day.
I’ve spent the last year doubling down on everything around the code. Thanks @kentcdodds for a great conversation on the evolution of product engineering in the age of AI!
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